The eight days of Passover concluded at 8:35 p.m. last night. We went to the synagogue in the morning, including Yizkor service, and then spent the afternoon turning the house back from Passover to everyday. At 8:10 we drove to Denny's to eat a normal meal. Since Frank is gluten free, we could not go to any normal pizza places, which has been our tradition. Last year we went to the local Pizza Hut because they have a gluten free pizza. It's a carry out place only and no one liked the pizza, gluten free or regular, so we decided to do something different this year. Mark and I ordered pancakes with eggs for our dinner because we knew the pancakes would be cooked fresh right then, after Passover. It was delicious!
Of the eight days of Passover, we went to shul five mornings and then napped, read, and watched TV the rest of the day. On Sunday morning we took Frank out souvenir shopping, although it didn't go very well. Orange World, where we went last year, no longer ships things, so he had to pick out only very small items that could fit in his suitcase. Unfortunately, the first THREE times we told him that, he somehow didn't catch it. He had a cart FULL of big things, hundreds of dollars of things. Then we go to check out and once again remind him that he has to carry all of that home in his suitcase. He was suddenly SHOCKED. "Why didn't you tell me? I can't do that." No matter how many times we told him that we told him three times, he kept saying he only thought we meant the four fridge magnets he was holding in his hand at the time.
Yeah, 84 and 1/2, blind, barely mobile, and although he claims his hearing is sharp as a tack and he can hear a pin drop, he could not process the information that the store no longer shipped.
So Mark had to go put it all back and Frank started over. He kept the four fridge magnets and got some small candy bars and pens, maybe $40 worth of stuff. But then he made us drive to four other gift shops to go in and ask if anyone shipped. No. None of the gift shops on route 192 will ship things home for tourists.
World of Disney at Disney Springs will ship, but we did not offer to take him there. First of all, it would be impossible to get him in there because it's such a long walk from the parking garage. He moves only a few inches per step, so it would just take too long. Then the store is super crowded, especially when we would have gone, which was EASTER SUNDAY! Disney at Easter Sunday is as bad as Christmas Day. We did not think we could maneuver him around and describe all the items he could choose from. Sigh.
So that was Sunday.
Thursday we went out to the Solivita movie, Arrival. It wasn't as good as I had hoped, and neither Frank nor I liked it. Mark thought it was okay. It was a dark movie and the sound was poor, so there really wasn't that much that Frank could get out of it.
Friday afternoon Mark took him to the pool, but they just sat at a table under an umbrella and never went in the water. I was getting a mani/pedi at the time, so I wasn't there for that.
Mostly, we just stayed home, napped, watched TV, and napped. Frank naps a lot. I suspect most people in their 80s nap a lot.
Returning home from Denny's last night, Frank nearly fell twice walking from the car to the house. That scared both of us. He is already talking about coming back next year, but I'm not sure he will be up to it or we will want the responsibility for that frail of a person. I don't know what I would do if he fell and hurt himself while he was here.
Meanwhile, we are leaving soon for breakfast at Denny's. We have stuff we could eat for breakfast here, but none of the bread products are gluten free. Mark was going to make scrambled eggs with frozen waffles, but Frank couldn't have the waffles. He could have eaten more gluten free matzah, but really no one wants to eat matzah for breakfast the morning after Passover ends! He insisted we go to Denny's for breakfast, and he's buying. So we will leave soon. Then we will take him to the airport. The timing will work out well. His flight leaves at 1:45 p.m., but we have to drop him off by 11:45. If we leave Denny's by 10:30 or so, it will be perfect.
After that, we are eating lunch out at Moe's in the airport, then I have to go to Staples to make more copies of synagogue choir music and buy some folders. I have a new member starting at tonight's rehearsal. I also need to sit in the Quest waiting room as a walk in for a non-fasting blood draw. My appointment with the medical oncologist is next Wednesday, but I didn't remember to make an appointment for today in time to get one at a decent time at a close location. Sigh. My fault, but there's just been so much to do. I forgot.
And it's Wednesday, so the weigh-in report is ready. This morning I am 289.6, which means I have gained three pounds during the holiday. I guess things could be worse, but now I really must get back to normal and start dropping some of this weight. The good news is that we have no more company coming until the end of June when Lowell and Emily come down. We are going up north over Memorial Day weekend, so that might be a challenge some of the time. Until then, I should be able to exercise more and eat less. Let's hope I do just that.
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